Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] detecting spectrum holes

From:

Abdelrahman Ahmed

Subject:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] detecting spectrum holes

Date:

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:32:39 +0200

2012/3/22, Abdelrahman Ahmed <address@hidden>:
> i'm not using VMs at all i just choose install inside windows option
> from ubuntu installation menu and i need to reboot to enter ubuntu os
> so i think it is not VM
>
> 2012/3/22, Jonathan Fox <address@hidden>:
>> On 3/22/12, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:38:18 +0200, Abdelrahman Ahmed wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>> frist of all i have two laptops with ubuntu 11.10 x32bit installed
>>> inside windows 7 professional x64, i used this link in synaptic to
>>> install gnuradio packages:
>>>>
>>>> 11.10 contains 3.2.2.dfsg-1ubuntu7
>>> (http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/gnuradio [1])
>>>>
>>>> and this guide
>>> to install the other packages :
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/UbuntuInstall#Install-Dependencies
>>> [2]
>>>>
>>>> After successful installation still there is UHD, i installed
>>> it through this:
>>>>
>>>> git clone git://code.ettus.com/ettus/uhd.git [3]
>>>
>>>>
>>>> cd uhd/host
>>>>
>>>> mkdir build
>>>>
>>>> cd build
>>>>
>>>> cmake ../
>>>>
>>>>
>>> make
>>>>
>>>> make test
>>>>
>>>> sudo make install
>>>>
>>>> #Check where your
>>> path is with "find |grep libuhd"
>>>>
>>>> export
>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
>>>> after that i
>>> checked:
>>>> ----------------------------
>>>> python worked
>>>>
>>> gnuradio-companion worked
>>>> gnuradio worked
>>>>
>>>> so guide me if i mess
>>> something or did something wrong in installation step ?
>>>> i will provide
>>> you with other information about hw setup and what each usrp box
>>> contain? in Saturday
>>>
>>> USB device performance/reliability inside a VM
>>> from Windows is not good at all, and I'm surprised you can get anything
>>> to work at all this way.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1]
>>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/gnuradio
>>> [2]
>>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/UbuntuInstall#Install-Dependencies
>>> [3]
>>> http://code.ettus.com/ettus/uhd.git
>>>
>>
>> I am curious, why did you not use the the build-gnuradio script here:
>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGR
>>
>> It has everything you need to get started and if you are new to GNU
>> Radio it does save you a lot of trouble.
>>
>> -Jon
>>
>> PS Save yourself some trouble and do a fresh install of Ubuntu on the
>> hard drive, just make an image of your current hard drive for when you
>> want to go back to Windows. VMs help make life miserable with this
>> sort of thing.
>>
>